Blogs & Updates

Beware! Microsoft Monthly Rollup - January Windows Server Patches
  January 25 2022

ICT

Please be aware of January’s latest patches – KB5009624 and KB5009586 as they appear to break your Windows Server 2012r2 Hyper-V Hypervisor.
SIMS Spring Census 2022 guidance
  January 12 2022

MIS

Here’s your SIMS update on the latest guidance for the Spring Term 2022 School Census.
Arbor Spring Census 2022 guidance
  January 12 2022

MIS

Thursday 20th January 2022 is census day but for all you eager beavers you can carry out a dry run in Arbor now!
National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) Deadline Extension: Apply by 16 January
  January 07 2022
Outstanding Leaders Partnership, supported by Best Practice Network, have extended their Spring 2022 NPQ application deadline to the 16th January.
January Training Courses
  January 04 2022

MIS

Take a look at what we have got coming up in January! Our training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or to prepare you for a new role in a school.
TeamSOS Heron Way Primary School case study
  December 13 2021
An inspiring example of how a Primary School replaced radios with teamSOS for their incident response solution
A day in the life of our MIS Service Desk team
  December 07 2021

MIS

Our MIS Service Desk team has provided some insight into their day-to-day work. We are currently accredited to support Arbor, ESS SIMS, IRIS Ed:gen and ScholarPack...
Resource available from the DfE - Learn more about school funding
  November 22 2021
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of some useful information available from the DfE's Education Hub blog.
MAT Centralisation under the spotlight
  November 16 2021
This article provides news and insight on MAT centralisation. SBS' experience with MAT operations has delivered some findings which you may find useful.
Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!
  November 10 2021
SBS Sync now includes leading MIS software, Arbor. Plan your budget more easily and accurately by syncing your data directly from Arbor MIS into SBS Budgets.